Over time, I have taken pictures of Headstones of my wife's ancestors and my own. I will share them here. Information that is available will be posted as well.
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The use of the Labels will help Identify Surnames and Cemeteries. Selecting a Cemetery will show the Tombstones from that Cemetery. Selecting a Surname will bring up Tombstones for that Surname. The Cemetery will be listed on each Blog Post.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Headstones - Iconography and Symbolism

In looking through some old bookmarks in my browser, I re-discovered a list from Cyndislist that has a really great list of links to websites that discuss Iconography and Symbolism. This list can be found here http://www.cyndislist.com/cemetery.htm#Iconography. Rather then reinventing this list, a summary is here.

Forgotten Faces: A Window into our Immigrant Past Forgotten Faces is the first book and site to present collections of early 20th Century Photo-Ceramic Memorial Portraits on tombstones. It explores early memorial portraiture as an art form and as valued historical artifact. It presents the unique beauty of this funerary art as related to immigrant traditions at the turn of the 20th century.